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Echinoidea name detailsHesperaster H.L. Clark, 1938 †
 738773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738773)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Genus
Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938 accepted as Ammotrophus arachnoides (H.L. Clark, 1938) (type by original designation)
marine,
fossil only
masculine
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 411 [details]
Status Mortensen (1948: p. 151) commented on the status of Hesperaster: "There cannot be the slightest doubt but that Clark's...
Status Mortensen (1948: p. 151) commented on the status of Hesperaster: "There cannot be the slightest doubt but that Clark's genus Hesperaster, […], is simply identical with the other Australian genus, Ammotrophus, described by Clark himself (1927), and one cannot but wonder how Clark could so entirely overlook the close resemblance between them." [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Hesperaster H.L. Clark, 1938 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738773 on 2024-04-19
Date action by
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 411 [details] basis of record Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details] From editor or global species database
Status Mortensen (1948: p. 151) commented on the status of Hesperaster: "There cannot be the slightest doubt but that Clark's genus Hesperaster, […], is simply identical with the other Australian genus, Ammotrophus, described by Clark himself (1927), and one cannot but wonder how Clark could so entirely overlook the close resemblance between them." [details]
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